Because we do not all live in vacuums (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Friday, August 28, 2015, 13:06 (3165 days ago) @ kidtsunami

At a direct level, you enjoying that hollow achievement that level gives you actively encourages developers to scratch that itch for you. So many settle for it and we see how many bizarre issues have arised in Destiny because they're encouraging you to play with silly rewards. This is focus taken away from making the game richer in other ways, and therefor bothers me.

At a macro level, I just think humanity would be better off discouraging celebrating insignificant achievements.

Everyone has different levels of achievements.

To say that any achievement is insignificant isn't right. Sure, it might be insignificant for you, heck it could be insignificant for the greater population of Destiny, but not for everyone.

Most achievements are self made. I'm all for setting the bar for in-game achievements, but to say people would be better off with getting rid "insignificant" achievements that encourages them to play a game doesn't help anyone.

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BWU 08/27/15 - CyberKN, 2015-08-27, 21:53
- Wow - Monochron, 2015-08-27, 22:06
  - But what WILL it do? - ZackDark, 2015-08-27, 23:21
    - But what WILL it do? - Cody Miller, 2015-08-27, 23:32
      - And I'm glad they're listening - ZackDark, 2015-08-27, 23:39
        
        And I'm glad they're listening - Cody Miller, 2015-08-28, 00:10
        
        And I'm glad they're listening - General Vagueness, 2015-08-28, 16:45
        
        Heh, "coy" - ZackDark, 2015-08-28, 19:22
        
        And I'm glad they're listening - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 19:56
        
        And I'm glad they're listening - General Vagueness, 2015-08-28, 21:16
      - But what WILL it do? - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 02:06
        
        But what WILL it do? - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 03:06
        
        You might be reading it wrong - DreadPirateWes, 2015-08-28, 03:27
        
        You might be reading it wrong - cheapLEY, 2015-08-28, 12:13
        
        You might be reading it wrong - CyberKN, 2015-08-28, 12:34
        
        You might be reading it wrong - cheapLEY, 2015-08-28, 12:59
        
        You might be reading it wrong - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 19:51
        
        But what WILL it do? - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 12:00
        
        But what WILL it do? - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 19:57
    - But what WILL it do? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-27, 23:50
      - Rereading it... - ZackDark, 2015-08-28, 00:05
      - But what WILL it do? - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 03:14
        
        But what WILL it do? - DreadPirateWes, 2015-08-28, 03:29
  - Yikes. - narcogen, 2015-08-27, 23:59
    - Everything you said I agree with, except heroic playlist - Funkmon, 2015-08-28, 00:04
    - Yikes. - Cody Miller, 2015-08-28, 00:16
    - Yikes. - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 02:01
      - This feeling is meaningless - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 11:25
        
        Don't apologize, you are right. - ProbablyLast, 2015-08-28, 11:38
        
        No - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 11:57
        
        Yes - cheapLEY, 2015-08-28, 12:21
        
        Exactly - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 12:35
        
        Walking on a treadmill is hard. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-08-28, 12:36
        
        Exactly - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 12:51
        
        Pushing down - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 13:11
        
        Pushing down - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 13:18
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 12:47
        
        Because we do not all live in vacuums - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 12:56
        
        Because we do not all live in vacuums - MacAddictXIV, 2015-08-28, 13:06
        
        Because we do not all live in vacuums - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 13:07
        
        Do you... Do you wanna talk about it? - someotherguy, 2015-08-28, 15:43
        
        The achievement heat death of the universe - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 16:02
        
        Bleep Bloop - someotherguy, 2015-08-28, 16:20
        
        You need to clear the universe's cache for it to pop. - CyberKN, 2015-08-28, 16:25
        
        You've made it to the end of the universe on easy mode - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 18:44
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - cheapLEY, 2015-08-28, 13:07
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 13:12
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 13:14
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 13:29
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 13:41
        
        People are different. Probably best to accept that. - Cody Miller, 2015-08-28, 14:25
        
        haha I knew you'd agree with me on this one - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 14:38
        
        Yup. I want that too! - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 16:23
        
        No - kidtsunami, 2015-08-28, 12:41
        
        No - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 12:54
    - Yikes. - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 03:47
      - Yikes. - narcogen, 2015-08-29, 02:45
    - Yikes. - ProbablyLast, 2015-08-28, 07:08
      - Yikes. - Funkmon, 2015-08-28, 07:29
    - Yikes. - General Vagueness, 2015-08-28, 17:06
  - Wow - Schedonnardus, 2015-08-28, 14:13
- "You have to defeat Oryx before unlocking endgame content" - Kahzgul, 2015-08-27, 23:35
  - "You have to defeat Oryx before unlocking endgame content" - Revenant1988, 2015-08-28, 00:10
    - "You have to defeat Oryx before unlocking endgame content" - Kahzgul, 2015-08-28, 01:03
      - "You have to defeat Oryx before unlocking endgame content" - Revenant1988, 2015-08-28, 01:14
        
        "You have to defeat Oryx before unlocking endgame content" - Monochron, 2015-08-28, 02:05
      - "You have to defeat Oryx before unlocking endgame content" - cheapLEY, 2015-08-28, 01:14
- Dislike those nightfall changes - electricpirate, 2015-08-28, 01:04
  - +10 - Oholiab, 2015-08-28, 01:57
  - Dislike those nightfall changes - stabbim, 2015-08-28, 03:29
    - Dislike those nightfall changes - Cody Miller, 2015-08-28, 04:12
      - It's a combination of both - ZackDark, 2015-08-28, 13:18
  - It's like this - Durandal, 2015-08-28, 15:10

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